Political Divisions and Greater Regions
See also: Subdivisions of SwitzerlandAs a federal state, Switzerland is composed of 26 cantons, which are further divided into districts and municipalities. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. There are considerable differences between the individual cantons, most particularly in terms of population and geographical area; hence seven larger and more homogeneous regions have been defined. They do not, however, constitute administrative units and are mostly used for statistical and economical purposes.
Regions | Cantons | Regions | Cantons |
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Switzerland |
Aargau |
Switzerland |
Lucerne |
Basel-Landschaft | Nidwalden | ||
Basel-Stadt | Obwalden | ||
Mittelland |
Bern | Schwyz | |
Fribourg | Uri | ||
Jura | Zug | ||
Neuchâtel |
Switzerland |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden | |
Solothurn | Appenzell Innerrhoden | ||
|
Geneva | Glarus | |
Valais | Graubünden | ||
Vaud | Schaffhausen | ||
|
Zurich | St. Gallen | |
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Ticino | Thurgau |
Read more about this topic: Geography Of Switzerland
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